The Energy and Environment Alumni Network (Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN) sponsors an event each semester that features speakers who address current topics in the ever-expanding fields of energy and environment and often partner with other affinity groups over shared topics of interest.
Upcoming Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN Events
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Past Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN Events
Energy & Environment Networking Event
When:ĢżMarch 12, 2024
Boston College Energy and Environment Alumni Network (Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN) hosted a casual evening of networking and conversation at the National Grid Headquarters. Guests had the opportunity to connect with like-minded alumni, share their insights and knowledge, exchange ideas, and make valuable new connections.
Addressing Climate Change: How Breakthrough Ideas Translate into World-Changing Companies
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November, 2023
The Boston College Technology and Entrepreneurship Council (Ļć½¶ŠćTEC) and the Boston College Energy & Environment Alumni Network (Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN) hosted an evening of networking and conversation, where we explored the invention, commercialization and implementation of clean technology innovation.
Our three panelists each represented different parts of the cleantech ecosystem, including a VC for a top-tier fund (Christopher Poirier ā91), a CEO of a large-scale wind energy company (Bill White ā87) and a professor at Ļć½¶Šć working on novel breakthrough materials (Jier Huang).
From Ambition to Action: Implementing Environmental Justice in the Workplace
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Tuesday, June 2
The Boston College Energy and Environment Alumni Network (Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN) hosted an informative discussion about implementing environmental justice practices in your workplace.
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From a Big Carbon Footprint to Sustainable Living: Consumption and the Climate
As awareness of the climate crisis grows, so too does scrutiny of American lifestyles. We have an outsized ācarbon footprint,ā from our large homes and vehicles to our diets and wardrobes. Most of us want to live lightly on the planet, but the complexities of modern life, and an energy-intensive infrastructure, limit what individuals can do. In this presentation, Dr. Juliet Schor discusses her research on consumer lifestylesāboth sustainable and unsustainableāand the challenges and opportunities of living sustainably.
Driving Innovation and Growth Through Sustainability
The realities of the sustainability challenges we face grow more apparent and pressing by the day. Luckily, many companies and organizationsāespecially those in the technology sectorāare driving change that's good for business and the world.
Ļć½¶Šć's Energy and Environment Alumni Network (Ļć½¶ŠćEEAN) and the Ļć½¶Šć Technology Council hosted an event in New York City that looked at how the tech field is helping to drive sustainability. The event was held in partnership with Ļć½¶Šć's Shea Center and their annual student "TechTrek" to New York.
MAY 14, 2019: Children And Environmental ToxinsĢż
Children are getting sick from being exposed to tens of thousands of new chemicals - manufactured materials that never before existed in the earth's environment. Alarmingly, most of these chemicals were not tested for safety or toxicity before they were brought to market. Many have been found to cause disease in children - asthma, cancer, learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, birth defects and diabetes ā and these diseases are on the rise.Ģż
Dr. Philip Landrigan ā63, MD, MSc, FAAP is a leader in childrenās environmental health research and protective initiatives and is theĢżDirector of the Program in Global Public Health and the Common Good, Director of the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health, andĢżProfessor of Biology for theĢżSchiller Institute for Integrated Science and SocietyĢżat Boston College.